Leading up to first game of the season on

Sunday, September 12 , the Bears encour-

aged fans across the Chicago area to show

their passion for their hometown team

through a ser ies of events that were par t of

the Bears first ever "Back to Football W eek"

campaign, which was brought to you by the

Chicago Tr ibune, Toyota and University of

Phoenix.

On Monday, September 6 , Bears season

t icket holders, business par tners and mem-

bers of the U.S. military gathered in the W al-

ter Payton Center in Lake Forest for a live

broadcast of Bears Insider that featured

Head Coach Lovie Smith, General Manager

Jerry Angelo and President and CEO Ted Phillips.

The Bears ―Back to School-Back to Football‖ event took place on Tuesday, September 7

when 11 Bears players—including Anthony Adams, Devin Aromashodu, Zack Bowman,

Josh Bullocks, Tommie Harris, Israel Idonije, Lance Louis, Danieal Manning, D.J. Moore,

Nick Roach and Corey W ootton—visited10 different Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to wel-

come students on the first day of classes in suppor t of the CPS Back to School campaign.

These visits suppor ted Mayor Richard M. Daley’s annual tradit ion of visit ing a Chicago Public

School on the first day of classes to welcome students and encourage attendance. Harr is

and Idonije joined Mayor Daley at W illiam H. W ells Community Academy High School to

greet and speak with students as they ar r ived at school.

At Cubby Bear Nor th in Lincolnshire on Thursday, September 9 , hundreds of fans turned

out to see Tommie Harris and Israel Idonije dur ing a live broadcast of Bears All-Access,

which was brought to you by Spor ts Author ity.

Fr iday’s ―Back to Football‖ rally brought thousands of Bears fans to Daley Plaza and featured giveaways, inter -

active games, alumni autographs, a chance to win t ickets to the Bears home opener , a live program featur ing

Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer , and more! Fans not able to attend the rally were encouraged to wear their Bears

gear to work as par t of their office’s casual Fr iday att ire.

"Back to Football W eek" festivit ies culminated on Sunday, September 1 2 when the Bears defeated the Detroit

Lions at Soldier Field. The Chicago Bears organization thanks all Bears fans who par t icipated in Back to Foot-

ball W eek.

Bears Get “Back to Football”

IN T H IS IS SU E:

Back-to-School Fair

Youth Football @ Bears Family

Night and USA Football Night

Community Events @ Bears

Training Camp in Bourbonnais

22nd Annual Chicago Bears/

Jewel-Osco “Coat Drive”

Real Bears Fans W ear Pink

Bears School Outreach

Midtown 5K Run & W alk

Honor Flight Chicago

Bear Appétit

Tales to Tackle

Hello to Our Heroes

Hispanic Heritage Month

Israel Idonije joined Mayor Daley at W ells

Community Academy High School to formally

welcome students back to school.

Bears season t icket holders unable to attend a Bears home game may donate t ickets to Special Olympics Illi-

nois through our Bears Share t icket donation program. This program gives Special Olympics athletes and vol-

unteers the oppor tunity to exper ience a game. The season t icket holder receives a tax deduction for the dona-

tion of the t ickets. Tickets should be received at the following address no later than three business days pr ior

to the scheduled game: Special Olympics Illinois, c/ o Bears Share Ticket Donation, 800 Roosevelt Road; Build-

ing B, Suite 220 , Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 -5860 .

Bears Share

Bears Family Night

USA Football Day

Back-to-School Fair On Saturday, July 31 , Bears Care, Catholic Char it ies—Diocese of Joliet, and Team

Smile hosted a Back-to-School Fair on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University dur-

ing the first day of Bears Training Camp for near ly 1 ,0 00 deserving children from

the Kankakee area. Over for ty local social service agencies par t icipated and provided

information and free services such as vision testing, diabetes screening, EKG testing

and haircuts to those in at tendance.

Team Smile, led my founder Dr . Bill Busch, offered a wide ar ray of state-of-the-ar t

dental treatments onsite to the kids free of charge, including fillings, extractions and

root canals. DJ Kirby provided lively music and videos to enter tain the crowd, and

pr ize giveaways, face painters and games added to the festive mood. The Fair also

featured visits from Michael McCaskey, George McCaskey, Brian McCaskey, Head

Coach Lovie Smith, Staley da Bear, and several Chicago Bears players, including Anthony Adams, Rashied Davis, Tommie Harris,

Israel Idonije, Brad Maynard and D.J. Moore. Guests were also treated to a visit by the reigning Miss Illinois, W hitney Thorpe-

Klinsky, an aspir ing optometr ist, who per formed several eye exams and signed autographs for the kids and parents in attendanc e.

As the children depar ted, they each received a box containing their school supplies for the upcoming year and a healthy lunch !

Bears Care is the char itable beneficiary of the Chicago Bears Football Club.

For more information about Bears Care, please visit www.ChicagoBears.com/ BearsCare.

The Chicago Bears celebrated ―USA Football Day‖ on Saturday, August 28 when the

Bears took on the Ar izona Cardinals at Soldier Field in pre-season action. As par t of

the festivit ies, the Bears donated hundreds of t ickets to youth football players

throughout the Chicago area and encouraged them to wear their team jerseys to the

game.

Pr ior to kick-off, players from the Boys & Gir ls Clubs of Chicago’s Bears After -School

Flag Football program formed a tunnel for Bears players to run through dur ing star t-

ing line-ups, and teams from the Chicago Park Distr ict ’s Junior Bear Tackle Football

league joined Bears players on the sidelines for the National Anthem. ―USA Football

Day‖ activit ies also included players from the Academy of Urban School Leadership’s

youth football program who assisted in holding the 4 th Phase Flag dur ing team intro-

ductions and a youth football demonstration dur ing halft ime provided by the Junior Bear Tackle Football league.

These activit ies were components of the Chicago Bears suppor t of USA Football Month. 2010 marked the seventh consecutive

year the NFL and USA Football have teamed up to celebrate the star t of football season with this great init iat ive. The goal of USA

Football Month is to honor and salute the millions of boys and gir ls who par ticipate in youth football programs across the country

and to also promote the spor t and the intr insic values gained from par ticipation. For more information about USA Football Month

please visit www.USAFootball.com.

Football was in the air on a per fect summer evening on Fr iday, August 6 when the

Bears hosted our annual Comcast Bears Family Night presented by Chase at Soldier

Field. Over 25 ,000 excited fans turned out to catch an ear ly glimpse of their favor ite

team dur ing a full-squad practice complete with fireworks and star t ing line-ups. Some

of the night’s festivit ies included the Kids’ Interactive Zone, live music, and a chance for

a few select fans to visit the sidelines following practice to receive a signed authentic

practice jersey from a Bears player .

Pr ior to practice, over 20 0 youth football players from Chicago Bears Youth Football

Camps, United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), and the Chicago Park Distr ict ’s Inner

City Flag and Junior Bear Tackle programs par ticipated in on-field demonstrations.

To see pictures from Comcast Bears Family Night presented by Chase, check out the

photo galler ies on ChicagoBears.com by clicking here.

Team Smile doctors saw hundreds of young

patients during the Back-to-School Fair.

Players from the CPD’s Junior Bear

Tackle league showed off their skills

prior to Family Night at Soldier Field.

The Bears celebrated “USA Football Day” at

Soldier Field on August 28 , 2010 .

Training Camp Happenings The Chicago Bears were excited to host several special groups from different Chicago

area organizations dur ing Training Camp in Bourbonnais this summer.

On Saturday, July 31 the Bears held a camp for the National Spor ts Center for the

Disabled where 10 0 children from across the state of Illinois par t icipated in a football

skills clinic. After an hour of hard work, the kids and their families had the oppor tunity

to stay and watch practice from their own pr ivate seating area.

The Bears celebrated Hispanic Day at Training Camp on Sunday, August 1 and invited

children and their families associated with United Neighborhood Organization (UNO)

down to Bourbonnais for the afternoon. After par t icipating in Gatorade Junior Training

Camp, the group enjoyed watching the team practice. Bears Care, the char itable bene-

ficiary of the Chicago Bears, also presented a $2 0 ,000 grant to UNO for suppor t of the

UNO Char ter School Network Co-ed Flag Football League.

On Tuesday, August 3 the Bears were happy to welcome athletes from Special Olympics Illinois. The athletes viewed the Bears

200 9 highlights tape before working on their own football skills at Gatorade Junior Training Camp where they were put through

dr ills and a football-based obstacle course. Afterwards, they headed over to eat lunch and watch practice from their pr ivate seating

area. Following practice, the athletes were thr illed to receive a visit from several Bears players as well as Head Coach Lovie Smith.

Over 70 children and their families from the Star light Children’s Foundation were guests

of the Bears dur ing evening practice on W ednesday, August 4 . The group had a spe-

cial visit from Staley da Bear after practice and also met Coach Smith and several

Bears players following pract ice. The Star light Children’s Foundation is dedicated to

improving the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses and life

-alter ing injur ies by providing enter tainment, education and family activit ies that help

them cope with the pain, fear and isolation of prolonged illness. For more information

about the Star light Children’s Foundation, please visit www.starlight.org.

Thursday, August 12 was ―Youth Football Day‖ at Bears Training Camp. Youth football

players and cheer leaders were encouraged to wear their team jerseys or t -shir ts and

stop by the ―Youth Football Day‖ booth for a chance to win cool pr izes like t ickets to a

Bears pre-season game, autographed memorabilia, and Bears fan packages. As par t

of the day’s festivit ies, the Bears also hosted over 60 youth football players from the

Chicago Park Distr ict ’s ―Junior Bear Tackle‖ youth football league. The players' tough-

ness was put to the test by the swelter ing August heat, but in the end they agreed it

was wor th it when over 15 Bears players—including Matt Forte, Chester Taylor and

Garrett W olfe, to name a few—stopped by after practice to visit and sign autographs.

On Thursday, August 19 , Coach Smith and his entire coaching staff continued a tradit ion of community spir it by donating bicycles to

near ly 2 5 deserving children from the Bourbonnais/ Kankakee area following the Bears afternoon practice. The bikes were used by

the coaching staff to get around the Olivet Nazarene University campus throughout Training Camp. The Kankakee County Sher iff ’s

Depar tment and Illinois State Police worked with the Bears to help identify the wor thy youngsters.

A youngster from UNO sharpened his

skills at Gatorade Junior Training Camp.

Assistant Special Teams coach Chris

Tabor posed for a photo with the lucky

recipient of a new bicycle.

The Chicago Bears and Symetra Financial have par tnered to sponsor the Symetra ―Heroes in the

Classroom‖ program. Presented locally by Gallagher Benefit Services, the program recognizes

Chicago area teachers for outstanding leadership and instructional skills.

Sixteen K-12 teachers will be named a Symetra ―Hero in the Classroom‖ dur ing the 2010 Bears

season. Each winning teacher will be recognized with a surpr ise presentation at their school,

where they will receive a $1 ,000 donation for classroom books and supplies, along with t ickets to

a 2010 Bears home game.

For more information or to nominate a teacher , please visit www.ChicagoBears.com/ community/

HeroesintheClassroom.asp.

Symetra “Heroes in the Classroom”

Real Bears Fans Wear Pink

Bears School Outreach

22nd Annual Chicago Bears/ Jewel-Osco “Coat Drive” The star t of the 22 nd Annual Chicago Bears/ Jewel-Osco ―Coat Dr ive‖ was announced

dur ing a press conference at Halas Hall on Monday, September 13 . Kicker Robbie

Gould and wide receiver Johnny Knox were in attendance, along with representatives

from Jewel-Osco, The Salvation Army and W m. Meyers Movers.

New and gently used coats can be donated at all Jewel-Osco locations throughout Chi-

cagoland from September 7 , 2010 through December 4 , 2010 . A stadium collection

will take place on Sunday, October 24 at Soldier Field pr ior to the Bears vs. Redskins

game. Volunteers will be stationed at entrance gates to collect coats from generous

fans as they enter the stadium. A store locator is available at www.JewelOsco.com.

Thousands of coats will be collected this year as par t of the 22nd Annual Chicago

Bears/ Jewel-Osco "Coat Dr ive" benefit ing The Salvation Army and public schools in the

Chicagoland area. Thank you for your suppor t and generosity!

Each Tuesday dur ing the football season, Bears players will visit Chicago Public Schools

to speak to, motivate, and interact with students as par t of the Bears School Outreach

program, which is brought to you by the University of Phoenix, the Official Education

Par tner of the Chicago Bears. The theme for player visits is character development,

goal sett ing, commitment to excellence, and the impor tance of leading a healthy, active

lifestyle. Tight end Desmond Clark and tackle Frank Omiyale kicked-off the program on

Tuesday, September 14 when they visited Jordan Community School. Running back

Garrett W olfe visited Orr Academy High School on Tuesday, September 21 where he

spoke with seniors about the impor tance of continuing their education. Twenty-two

Bears players are scheduled to appear at 19 different schools throughout the 2 01 0

football season. The Bears School Outreach Program is in its 13 th season and benefits

more than 5 ,00 0 students annually.

The ―Real Bears Fans W ear Pink‖ t -shir t campaign is back for its third consecutive year

with a new design, chosen by Bears fans. The exclusive ―Real Bears Fans W ear Pink‖ t -

shir ts are $20 and available for purchase online at www.events.org/ pink. Fans are en-

couraged to wear the shir ts to the Bears vs. Seahawks game on Sunday, October 17 ,

when Bears Care, the Chicago Bears and Nor thShore University HealthSystem will rec-

ognize National Breast Cancer Awareness month. The goal is to have fans throughout

the stadium, or wherever they may be watching the game, wear ing their ―Real Bears

Fans W ear Pink‖ t -shir ts to show their suppor t for the cause. All proceeds will benefit

Bears Care, the char itable beneficiary of the Chicago Bears. The success of the cam-

paign dur ing its first two years has allowed Bears Care to distr ibute over $16 0 ,00 0 to organizations in the Chicagoland area that

provide care, assistance and suppor t services to breast cancer patients and their families.

The 22nd Annual Bears/ Jewel-Osco

“Coat Drive” began on September 7 .

Garrett W olfe spoke to students at Orr

Academy High School students in support

of Bears School Outreach.

Midtown 5K Run & Walk Kicker Robbie Gould and Bears mascot Staley hosted a Football/ Fitness Camp for boys

and gir ls ages 6 -1 4 at M idtown Athletic Center in Palatine on Tuesday, September 1 4 .

Robbie led over 50 kids through a var iety of exercises using the innovative HOPSpor ts

Training System, which is a component of M idwest Dairy Association’s ―Fuel Up to Play

60 ‖ program. Robbie also par t icipated in a Q & A with some very cur ious youngsters

and signed autographs following the fitness clinic. This event served as the official kick-

off to the 8 th Annual M idtown 5K Run & W alk, which took place on Saturday, Septem-

ber 25 . Proceeds from the race benefited Bears Care, the char itable beneficiary of the

Chicago Bears. Robbie Gould hosted a Football/ Fitness

Clinic at Midtown Athletic Club.

Honor Flight Chicago Honor Flight Chicago is a 5 0 1c3 non-profit organization that was founded in 20 08 to recognize our

Veterans—most specifically our W W II Veterans—with a day of honor , remembrance and celebration

from a proud and grateful nation. Since inception, Honor Flight Chicago has take over 1 ,290 veterans

on all-expenses paid tr ips to see the W or ld W ar II Memor ial in W ashington, D.C.

The following is an interview conducted by Bears Vice Chairman, George H. McCaskey, with W W II Vet-

eran Char les J. Sauber after he returned from his Honor Flight tr ip in July:

W hen Chuck Sauber heard about W or ld W ar II veterans going on an all-expenses paid tr ip to W ashing-

ton, D.C., he didn’t need much convincing.

―A couple of people told me that they had gone on it , and they thought it was wonder ful,‖ he said. ―So,

[my son] Jim thought it would be a good thing if he signed me up.‖

Sauber and some ninety other veterans visited the National W or ld W ar II memor ial on July 14 as guests

of Honor Flight Chicago. The all-volunteer organization’s mission is to fly as many local veterans to see the memor ial built in their

honor . Each veteran is accompanied by a ―guardian‖ – usually a family member – who pays his or her own way.

Char les J. ―Chuck‖ Sauber , now 90 , fought in the Philippines with the United States Army’s 32 nd Infantry Division, operating a

Browning Automatic Rifle. He points out that there are many things about war that you’re ―happy to forget.‖ But he vividly recalls

the day his service ended, and he was reunited with his wife, Lorraine.

―The happiest day of my whole life was the day that I had my discharge, and [with] my backpack on my shoulder , walked out the door

and saw an absolutely beautiful person who I had missed for many, many months,‖ he said. ―I thought I might be having a hear t

attack, it was such an extraordinary, tremendous, wonder ful feeling to see her .‖

Sixty-five years later , at the W or ld W ar II memor ial on the National Mall, Sauber

thought of those who did not return from the war .

―W hen I saw that there were more than four thousand gold stars there, and [each star ]

represented a hundred different people that had sacr ificed their life in W or ld W ar II, it

almost made you feel ashamed of yourself for surviving,‖ he said. ―It made me feel like

I owed a lot to the people that we lost.‖

W hile Sauber says the more than 40 0 ,00 0 Amer ican service personnel who died in the

war are the real heroes, he and the other veterans on the Honor Flight received a he-

roes’ welcome when they returned to Chicago’s M idway Airpor t. Hundreds of well-

wishers turned out to cheer them and thank them for their service. Sauber , a life-long

resident of the village of Virgil and father of sixteen children, had a large contingent of

fr iends and family await ing his return. For him, that was the most memorable par t of

the tr ip.

―There were so many people there and they were so enthusiastic,‖ he said. ―[I] just

couldn’t believe that so many of them showed up. My one granddaughter drove all the

way from Michigan to be there. She was here with me and when the ceremony was

over she drove back to M ichigan. That was gratifying.‖

There is a wait ing list of more than 1 ,30 0 Chicago-area veterans who have signed up, hoping to make the tr ip to W ashington, D.C.

Their average age is estimated to be 88 years old. Honor Flight Chicago is a 5 01 (c)(3 ) non-profit organization. For more infor ma-

tion, see: www.honorflightchicago.org. Tax-deductible contr ibutions can be made online or sent to: Honor Flight Chicago, 93 8 W .

Montana, Chicago, IL, 60 61 4 .

Charles J. Sauber,

circa 1944

Charles Sauber is welcomed home by two

of his great-grandchildren, 11 -year-old

Dominick Hartke (left), and nine-year-old

Jake Theisen, upon his return from

W ashington, D.C.

Bear Appétit is Back! For the second consecutive year , Bears Care, the char itable beneficiary of the Chicago

Bears, will host ―Bear Appétit,‖ an excit ing event featur ing some of Chicago's finest cui-

sine. The event will take place on Monday, November 1 at W ildfire Chicago and will

showcase specialt ies from var ious Lettuce Enter tain You restaurants, with appearances

by current and former Chicago Bears players and samplings of fine wines. Proceeds benefit Bears Care, which is proud to suppor t

the Chicago Police Memor ial Foundation. Tickets are on sale now and available at www.events.org/ bearapp. Space is limited.

For addit ional information about the event or inquir ies relating to event sponsorship, please call (8 47 ) 7 39 -53 25 .

Hello to Our Heroes

Hispanic Heritage Month

Tales to Tackle Calling all teachers! For the seventh consecutive year , the Chicago Bears have par tnered with

ComEd to present the ―Tales to Tackle‖ reading incentive program. The goal of this program,

geared toward 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders, is for students to read three teacher -approved books

per month. The main component of ―Tales to Tackle‖ is a reading notebook that features pictures

of Bears players, includes a list of suggested books and has plenty of space for students to wr ite

book repor ts. This notebook allows the students to keep track of the books that they read dur ing

the program. Every child who achieves the goal of reading three books per month for the three

month per iod will be entered into a random drawing for the chance to win a special ―Bears Exper i-

ence‖ at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. ―Tales to Tackle‖ will begin in October and run through Decem-

ber . Please contact the Community Relations Depar tment at (8 47 ) 7 39 -53 08 if you are a teacher

interested in introducing the program to your students.

The Chicago Bears recognized Hispanic Her itage Month (HHM) with a ser ies of

events dur ing the week of September 2 0 , leading up to the Bears vs. Packers

game on Monday, September 27 . Hispanic Her itage Month runs from September

15—October 1 5 and will be celebrated with var ious init iat ives throughout the NFL.

To star t the week off, Bears guard Rober to Garza appeared at Clearview Elemen-

tary School in W aukegan on Tuesday, September 21 where he visited with 15 0

students from the 3 rd grade and Special Education classes. Rober to shared his

personal story and spoke to the group about the impor tance of education and

reading. The par ticipating students are currently enrolled in the United W ay of

Lake County’s Reading Success program. Reading Success is focused on building

literacy skills to ensure all students are able to read at grade level by the end of

3 rd grade. Rober to also read the book, "Going Home" by Eve Bunting, to the students and autographed the copy that is availab le in

the Clearview school library.

On Saturday, September 2 6 the Bears assisted with the NFL Flag Football Regional Tournament at the W aukegan Park Distr ict.

NFL Flag Football teams from across the M idwest competed in games throughout the day, as well as Los Diablitos, champions of

the Gatorade-NFL Tochito flag football program in Mexico. Los Diablitos finished the tournament with a record of 1 -1 , with a team

from For t W ayne, IN taking the t it le and advancing to the NFL Flag Team Championships in Or lando, FL.

Rober to Garza also visited the Rauner Family YMCA in Chicago on Sunday, September 26 in suppor t of HHM and the NFL PLAY 6 0

youth health and fitness campaign. Kids learned and developed NFL FLAG football skills and discussed healthy habits. Par tic ipating

youth learned about contr ibutions of Hispanic Amer icans in the community and the impor tance of staying active for 60 minutes a

day. The Los Diablitos players par t icipated in the clinic as well and led kids from Rauner through a var iety of dr ills.

The Bears Hispanic Her itage Month celebration culminated at Soldier Field dur ing halft ime of the Bears vs. Packers game when the

Los Diablitos players and coaches were honored for their championship season with an on-field presentation.

Cornerback D.J. Moore spent t ime visit ing with U.S. military veterans who are patients

at Nor th Chicago VA Medical Center on Tuesday, September 28 . The visit served as

the kick off to the 2 010 Bears ―Hello to Our Heroes‖ program, which is brought to you

by Staples. This program, now in its sixth year , encourages fans and students to wr ite

letters to veterans and members of the military who have recently returned from serv-

ing overseas. As par t of the program, a Bears player will visit a local veterans’ hospital

once a month to distr ibute the letters and br ighten the spir its of the military patients.

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), the wor ld’s largest office products company, came to

Chicago with a mission: make life easier for area customers. Staples is making good

on that mission by teaming up with the Chicago Bears for the ―Hello to Our Heroes‖ pro-

gram. For more information on how you can be involved in the ―Hello to Our Heroes‖

program, please visit www.ChicagoBears.com/ community.

D.J. Moore visited with patients at North

Chicago VA Medical Center in support of

the “Hello to Our Heroes” program.

Los Diablitos talked over their game plan dur-

ing the NFL Flag Football Regional Tourney.